put across
Example Sentences
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A large sign had been put across the main track running through the camp reading "Cambodia needs peace – final".
From BBC
Six decades later, though, “Dance to the Music” still communicates a sense of boundless joy — even as it puts across a flicker of doubt about going so nice-and-smiley.
From Los Angeles Times
"I love fusion and I think it's something that needs to be put across, that all music basically is one music."
From BBC
This enabled us to film pictures which sufficiently put across the savagery of the storm, without taking a major safety risk.
From BBC
You expect Fiennes to expertly convey inner turmoil, but it’s the comedic way he puts across the cardinal’s exasperation with petty men that won me over.
From Los Angeles Times
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